“That's sports. You have to give that little goalie credit. He was unbelievable. On the other hand, we had 10-15 chances that should have been a goal. But whatever way you look it, it was a tough one. We tried hard and worked our butts off, but it comes down to burying your chances.”

“They gave us the outer lanes and the wide shots but not much in the grade A scoring areas. We had guys around the net, that's not the problem. But the rebounds always seemed to bounce away from our sticks instead of to them, like in Philadelphia.”